Wacky, Whismical, Wondrous White Wines of Italy Society of Wine Educators August 2018 PASSIONATE ROOTS Environmental Responsibility We are an Italian-American family founded in 1919 by our grandfather, John ConsumerMariani DrivenSr. We remain family-owned today and our values have remained the Highlysame. Rated Our pioneering spirit coupled with passion and our love of fine wine Leadershiphas built Banfi into America’s leading wine marketer and fine wine producer over the last four decades Innovation Our mission Hottestis to Categories nurture our leadership position by offering wines of superior quality & Value authenticity, and fostering the appreciation of wine through education, while maintaining family ownership, business ethics, and a culture of teamwork and pride in shared success. 3rd Generation President and CEO Cristina Mariani-May A Family Story 3 Generations – Family Owned and Operated • The Banfi name comes from the aunt of Giovanni F. Mariani Sr., Teodolinda Banfi • In 1919, in New York, Giovanni F. Mariani Sr. founded Banfi in honor of his aunt. • It was Giovanni Mariani’s two sons, John and Harry, who expanded Banfi Vintners, and founded the Castello Banfi vineyard estate in Montalcino. • Today, the third generation, CEO and President ```Cristina Mariani- May, looks after their Italian properties as well as the thriving import business in the US. Global Hospitality Where our Families Live Banfi Vintners - Old Brookville, NY Castello Banfi /Banfi Tuscany Riunite – Emilia Romagna, Italy Fontana Candida – Rome, Italy Banfi Piemonte Bolla – Veneto, Italy Sartori – Verona, Italy Emiliana - Chile Pacific Rim – Pacific NW 5 ITALY ITALIAN WINE LAWS HOW ITALIAN WINES ARE NAMED… • Grape Variety - Lambrusco, Sangiovese, Trebbiano, etc. Usually in conjunction with an IGT or DOC • Area/Zone of Production - Barolo, Chianti, Gavi, Valpolicella, etc. • Grape Variety and Area/Zone - Brunello di Montalcino, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Brachetto d’Acqui, etc. • Fantasy /Proprietary Names - Excelsus, Sassicaia, Summus, Tignanello, etc. Usually designated as part of an IGT or DOC ITALIAN WINE TERMS • CASTELLO - castle • ABBAZIA - abbey • ABBOCCATO - lightly sweet • CERASUOLO - light red (cherry colored) • ALBERELLO - refers to a free standing or staked vine • CHIARETTO - pale red (rose') that looks like a bush • CLASSICO - historic or "classic" growing area of a specific zone • AMABILE - semi- sweet, off-dry • AMARO - bitter • COLLE - hill • AMARONE - means “bitter” as in Amarone della • COLLI - hills Valpolicella to differentiate from the sweet dessert recioto wines • CONSORZIO - group of producers of a specific wine • ANNATA - vintage year • CORDONE - classic system of training vines onto wires - also • ASSAGIO - tasting known as spalliera • AZIENDA Agricola - farm, estate • D.O. - Denomination of Origin Laws passed by the Italian • BARRIQUE - small barrel Government on 12 July 1963 • BIANCO - white • D.O.C. - Denomination of Controlled Origin • BOTTIGLIA - bottle • D.O.C.G. - Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin • BOTTE - large cask or barrel • DOLCE - sweet • BRICCO - Piemontese term for crest of a hill • ENOTECA - wine library, public or commercial • BRUT - dry (sparkling wine) • CANTINA - winery or wine cellar • ETICHETTA - label • CANTINE SOCIALE - wine cooperative • FATTORIA - farm or estate • CASA VINICOLA - privately owned winery • FERMENTAZIONE - fermentation ITALIAN WINE TERMS • FERMENTAZIONE NATURALE - natural CO2 in bubbly wine • RONCO - Friuli term for terraced vineyard • FIASCO - flask • ROSSO - red wine • FRIZZANTE - lightly sparkling • SECCO - dry • I.G.T - Typical Geographic Origin Indication • SORI - Piemontese word for the part of a slope best • IMBOTTIGLIATA - bottled (all'origine - at the source) exposed to the midday sun • INVECCHIATO - aged • SPUMANTE - sparkling wine, dry or sweet • LIQUOROSO - sweet wine usually fortified with alcohol • SUPERIORE - in DOC wines this indicates a higher level • METODO CHARMAT - sparkling wine produced by cuvee close or of alcohol or ageing and sometimes a special geographic sealed tank origin • METODO CLASSICO or TRADIZIONALE - Sparkling wine • TENDONE - system of high trellising the vines fermented in the bottle (Champagne method) • TENUTA - farm or estate • MOSTO - must or grape juice • UVA - grape • ORO - gold • VECCHIO - old (rarely used term) • PASSITO - wine made from semi-dried grapes • VENDEMMIA - harvest or vintage • PERLANTE – pearl-like or with a light sparkle • VIGNA or VIGNETO - Vineyard • PERGOLA - vine training using pole arms or arbors • VDT - VINO DA TAVOLA - table wine • POGGIO - hill. • VIVACE - synonym for frizzante • RECIOTO - full tasting, sweet wine made from partly dried grapes • VSQ – Quality Sparkling wines • RISERVA - wine which has been aged a longer, specified time than non- Riserva counterpart. Applies to DOC and DOCG • VSQA – Aromatic Quality Sparking wines • ROSATO - rose’ • VSQPRD – Sparkling wines produced in a determined region IMPORTANT WHITE WINE GRAPES Albana Grecanico Ribolla Gialla Arneis Grechetto Riesling Italico Catarratto Bianco Greco Riesling Renano Chardonnay Grillo Sauvignon Coda di Volpe Inzolia Sylvaner Cortese Malvasia Torbato Damaschino Moscato/ Moscadello Trebbiano Drupeggio Muller Thurgau Verdeca Erbaluce Nasco Verdello Falanghina Nuragus Verduzzo Favorita Picolit Vermentino Fiano Pagadebit (Bombino) Vernaccia di Oristano Friulano Pigato Vernaccia di San Gimignano Garganega Pinot Bianco Zibibbo (Moscato) Gewürztraminer Pinot Grigio Glera (formerly Prosecco) Procanico PINOT GRIS/GRIGIO WINE REGIONS OF ITALY VENETO Cantine Maschio is one of Italy’s leading producers of stellar quality Prosecco, known for delivering a fresh and lively Prosecco taste – which stands up even to the discerning palates of the Italians themselves. The Prosecco grape, which thrives in northeastern Italy’s Veneto region, delivers soft peach and melon flavors and is luscious from tantalizing start to refreshing finish. G . PROSECCO Prosecco is produced with a minimum 85% Glera with the addition of no more than 15% Verdiso, Bianchetta Trevigiana, Perera, Glera lunga, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio and/or Pinot Nero (vinified in bianco) Spumante styles that may be produced are Brut 0–12 grams per liter residual sugar Extra Dry, Extra Sec, Extra seco 12–17 grams per liter residual sugar Dry, Sec, Seco 17–32 grams per liter residual sugar Demi-sec, Semi-seco 32–50 grams per liter residual sugar Frizzante wines may also produced PROSECCO DOC/DOCG Prosecco likely takes its name from the town where this vivacious wine was said to have originated. Over time, the name Prosecco was used interchangeably as the name of the grape, the town, and the wine. The ancient varietal that has always been used in the production of Prosecco is called “Glera.” As of August 2009, the Italian government decreed that Prosecco will now refer only to the Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC)/ Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) or zone of origin and will no longer be used as a grape name. Maschio offers two classifications of Prosecco: D.O.C. and D.O.C.G. D.O.C. Prosecco must come from the zone that includes 9 provinces in the Veneto and Fruili Venezia Giulia. It must be made from a minimum of 85% Glera. Vinification, production and bottling must follow strict government rules and guidelines and must meet strict standards. Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco, D.O.C.G. is born in the extremely delimited Valdobbiadene – Conegliano zone, which lies between the towns of the same names. Like the DOC, the wine must contain a minimum 85% Glera. Superiore may be used on the label if these wines follow even more stringent production standards. The wine may also note the “rive” or specific slopes or hillsides where the grapes are born such as Rive di Colbertaldo or even the hillside of “Cartizze” PROSECCO/GLERA Glera is the name of the predominant grape that produces the wine Prosecco. Some suggest that a sparkling wine produced with the Glera variety was first born around the town of Prosecco in Friuli Venezia Giulia and over the years the name of the town was used interchangeably w;ith the grape variety. This “Prosecco” then made its way to the Veneto region next door. Ian D’Agata’s Native Wine Grapes of Italy suggests that some experts say the grape originated as indicated above but others believe it was born in the Colli Euganei or even Slovenia or Croatia. But, no matter where this grape variety or wine originated, “the variety and it wines was it was highly thought of ” D’Agata goes on to say that “in reality this is a group of varieties and biotypes long cultivated in Veneto and in Friuli Venezia Giulia as well as in Slovenia and Croatia.” For a while it was believed that there were three main clones. Prosecco Tondo (round berries), Prosecco Lungo (oblong almost oval berries) and Prosecco Nostrano (local or our). However Prosecco Nostrano’s DNA shows that it is really Malvasia Bianca Lunga. Rive di Colbertaldo 1883 - Abele Bolla opens a small family inn called “Al Gambero” The wine he serves to his patrons, “Soave”, becomes well known and often requested. 1947 - The 1st shipment of Bolla arrives in the USA 1959 - Frank Sinatra walks out of a restaurant because they do not serve Bolla Soave 1969 – Bolla becomes the number one imported wine in the USA 2009 – Bolla & Banfi 2013 – 130th anniversary of Bolla PINOT GRIGIO • Pinot Grigio is a natural mutation of the Pinot Noir grape variety. • There are actually more than a 1000 registered clones of Pinot • Many believe the name Pinot was used to identify the grape as the clusters of this variety resemble a pine cone – Pineau, Pin, Pigna • An alternative theory is that Pinot originated could have originated in France around a town of the name Pinos or Pignols • It has been determined by DNA that Pinot Gris was a natural mutation of Pinot Noir that likely occurred in Bugundy hundreds of years ago. A farmer notice that certain rows of his Pinot Noir (black) grapes were not expressing their traditional deep dark color, he realized that they had naturally mutated in the vineyard and he called the new mutation Pinot Gris(gray) because of the blue-gray/reddish-gray color of the grapes.